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John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94

(Avant, AVAN 049) (CD)

  1. Cobra 1: Sensyo (6:07)
  2. Cobra 2: Tomobiki (9:27)
  3. Cobra 3: Senbu (8:08)
  4. Cobra 4: Butsumetsu (8:54)
  5. Cobra 5: Taian (8:05)
  6. Cobra 6: Shakko (9:54)
Cobra composed by John Zorn

Koichi Makigami: prompter
Yukihiro Isso: dengaku-bue, nokan
Masahiro Uemura: percussion
Kazuhisa Uchihashi: guitar
Shinichi Kinoshita: shamisen
Kiyohiko Semba: percussion
Makoto Takei: shakuhachi
Yumiko Tanaka: gidayu-shamisen
Hitomi Nakamura: hichiriki
Miki Maruta: koto
Mekken: bass
Kyoko Yamamoto: vocal
Taeko Ito: ortin doo

Recorded live by Yoshiaki Kondo at La Mama in Shibuya, Tokyo on November 25, 1994
Mixed at GOK Sound, Tokyo on February 4, 1995
Mastered by Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital, New York City
Design: Yasunori Arai
Produced by Koichi Makigami
Includes liner notes in English by John Zorn

Released 1995